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I heard contest frags really like the bottom corner of the tank. šŸ˜‰
I agree! I’d even go the extra mile and shade them with those corals you want to move out for assured success in the contest. 🤪
 

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I agree! I’d even go the extra mile and shade them with those corals you want to move out for assured success in the contest. 🤪
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That came out awesome! I'm have so many uses for it outside of reefing as well. I'm dumb for not buying one yet haha
I just wish I could get my bed level. Granted I have a crappy entry level printer but still. It worked like a dream for 6m then turned into a big expensive paper weight. I am going to try and replace the hot end next since nothing I do with the bed or leveling works. Or I may just save up and get a newer nicer more user friendly one during black friday.
 

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I just wish I could get my bed level. Granted I have a crappy entry level printer but still. It worked like a dream for 6m then turned into a big expensive paper weight. I am going to try and replace the hot end next since nothing I do with the bed or leveling works. Or I may just save up and get a newer nicer more user friendly one during black friday.
The frustration level must be angering. (the pun was kind of intended.) Hey, maybe, if you participate in Secret Santa again, you'll get someone very nice, debonaire and handsome like me. And maybe they'll give you your present (cash) early to help with a new printer. It is an idea to consider.

Yes print an umbrella for the Acropora please. They hate light šŸ˜‚ give us normal folks a chance! Print one for all contestants except me. Don’t worry I already have one.
See, that's one of the things I like about you. Always looking out for others even when they're the competition. Such a wonderful guy!

double post šŸ™Š
Please learn how to work the device. šŸ˜‚
 

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I just wish I could get my bed level. Granted I have a crappy entry level printer but still. It worked like a dream for 6m then turned into a big expensive paper weight. I am going to try and replace the hot end next since nothing I do with the bed or leveling works. Or I may just save up and get a newer nicer more user friendly one during black friday.
That would be my luck as well! I hope you get it figured out!
 

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I just wish I could get my bed level. Granted I have a crappy entry level printer but still. It worked like a dream for 6m then turned into a big expensive paper weight. I am going to try and replace the hot end next since nothing I do with the bed or leveling works. Or I may just save up and get a newer nicer more user friendly one during black friday.
Did I send you the STL for the 4 corners and center squares? I've got 2 or 3 different files I made for testing bed level for the Max Neo.
 
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I just wish I could get my bed level. Granted I have a crappy entry level printer but still. It worked like a dream for 6m then turned into a big expensive paper weight. I am going to try and replace the hot end next since nothing I do with the bed or leveling works. Or I may just save up and get a newer nicer more user friendly one during black friday.
Are you still running stock springs? Every ender can benefit greatly from upgrading to stiffer bedsprings. I upgraded mine a few years ago, now the only time i need to tweak the bed is if i change nozzles.
 

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I just wish I could get my bed level. Granted I have a crappy entry level printer but still. It worked like a dream for 6m then turned into a big expensive paper weight. I am going to try and replace the hot end next since nothing I do with the bed or leveling works. Or I may just save up and get a newer nicer more user friendly one during black friday.
Becky,

It's always easy to tell someone else to spend their cash but I'm going to anyway. I would suggest not putting another dime into your old printer. Today's 3d printers are so much better than the ones from even five years ago that unless you are running a print farm with every printer you can find or you just love to tinker with hardware, you will be much happier with a printer with auto bed leveling and flow calibration which even entry level printers have today. The interfaces are much better as well. It seems small but just being able to send the file to the printer from your computer is a big convenience factor, kind of like adding a doser or an auto feeder to your tank.
 

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Did I send you the STL for the 4 corners and center squares? I've got 2 or 3 different files I made for testing bed level for the Max Neo.
I tried the one that spirals as a square and nothing i do gets it to work. Im just gonna save up i think. I am beyond frustrated trying to get it to work. And that takes ALOT.
 

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Are you still running stock springs? Every ender can benefit greatly from upgrading to stiffer bedsprings. I upgraded mine a few years ago, now the only time i need to tweak the bed is if i change nozzles.
Tried the rubber ones. No bueno
 

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Becky,

It's always easy to tell someone else to spend their cash but I'm going to anyway. I would suggest not putting another dime into your old printer. Today's 3d printers are so much better than the ones from even five years ago that unless you are running a print farm with every printer you can find or you just love to tinker with hardware, you will be much happier with a printer with auto bed leveling and flow calibration which even entry level printers have today. The interfaces are much better as well. It seems small but just being able to send the file to the printer from your computer is a big convenience factor, kind of like adding a doser or an auto feeder to your tank.
I knew that going in and wanted to save a few bucks to see if it would be something I liked before going all in. So yeah I think thats the route we're gonna take. More frustrated then anything with this one.
 

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I knew that going in and wanted to save a few bucks to see if it would be something I liked before going all in. So yeah I think thats the route we're gonna take. More frustrated then anything with this one.
Its always a good plan to start with something inexpensive with a new hobby/craft/whatever to see if you really like it or at least get value from it before going all in. That is why I usually recommend something like a 40 Breeder for new reefers rather than the biggest you can afford. Upgrading may seem painful but it is a lot less painful than spending thousands of dollars and then practically giving it away a year or so down the road when you find out you don't like it THAT much.
 

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Becky,

It's always easy to tell someone else to spend their cash but I'm going to anyway. I would suggest not putting another dime into your old printer. Today's 3d printers are so much better than the ones from even five years ago that unless you are running a print farm with every printer you can find or you just love to tinker with hardware, you will be much happier with a printer with auto bed leveling and flow calibration which even entry level printers have today. The interfaces are much better as well. It seems small but just being able to send the file to the printer from your computer is a big convenience factor, kind of like adding a doser or an auto feeder to your tank.
You can add GCode to the startup to run auto leveling before every print, same as Bambu. The problem is it takes a lot longer on the Ender and still isn't always perfect.
 

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You can add GCode to the startup to run auto leveling before every print, same as Bambu. The problem is it takes a lot longer on the Ender and still isn't always perfect.
Ill just throw money at one that I don't have to tinker with. I want to find a print, send it to the printer, let it do its thing and not have to babysit it. Come back and whala there is the thing. Now just to find the one that will do that and start saving.
 

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Ill just throw money at one that I don't have to tinker with. I want to find a print, send it to the printer, let it do its thing and not have to babysit it. Come back and whala there is the thing. Now just to find the one that will do that and start saving.
Bambu Labs can get print jobs over WiFi. In fact, I can print from my phone if I have Internet.
 

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Ill just throw money at one that I don't have to tinker with. I want to find a print, send it to the printer, let it do its thing and not have to babysit it. Come back and whala there is the thing. Now just to find the one that will do that and start saving.
By no means am I an authority on this as I'm a complete noob at 3D printing. I have about 400 hours on the Bambu P2S and it's been rock solid on sending something to print and yanking the product off the plate when done. Only real maintenance so far is keeping plates and nozzles clean.
 

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By no means am I an authority on this as I'm a complete noob at 3D printing. I have about 400 hours on the Bambu P2S and it's been rock solid on sending something to print and yanking the product off the plate when done. Only real maintenance so far is keeping plates and nozzles clean.
Yeah, I do an alcohol wipe down on the bed every 4 or 5 prints.
 
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Ill just throw money at one that I don't have to tinker with. I want to find a print, send it to the printer, let it do its thing and not have to babysit it. Come back and whala there is the thing. Now just to find the one that will do that and start saving.
Been playing with the new P2S at work, it is pretty awesome. You can even send it prints through the phone app. tons of pre-sliced projects on makerworld make printing almost ridiculous easy. Set-up was painless. it just ran a pre-calibration script that took like 30 minutes, we loaded filament and off it went. You can even watch the camera on your phone from anywhere. I don't know what your budget and printing desires look like, but i can say that the A1 (my brother has one) and P2S have been very painless (especially compared to my ender 3v2).

That said, the PEI plate that it came with did not hold polypropylene quite as well as the bare glass side of my ender plate, even when magigoo'd, but it has been great for everything else. I did see they sell different build plates, but haven't looked too much beyond that.
 

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